Launched in spring 2004 by founder Dina Amico-Kriescher, Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop was created as an income opportunity with children’s birthday parties in mind. The company offers income potential to its independent representatives, known as crew members, by selling its exclusive line of collectibles at meetings in various settings.
Noah’s Ark collectibles are sold by representatives at home parties or gatherings known as Home Workshops, or in Group Workshops that are usually held in places like daycare centers, schools, libraries, or through other organizations and programs. aimed at children. . The company also has a line of products that are sold through Huggable Home Party presentations for adults.
In addition to the unstuffed stuffed animals with their many coordinated outfits and accessories that are available through the Stuff-N-Fluff Workshops catalog, team members can choose to sell the company’s line of cosmetics specially designed for girls.
Introduced in 2006 through her Bella Bee workshops, girls’ cosmetics and body products are sold in place of stuffed animals and accessories. Other products the representative may also choose to sell include the newly introduced Noah Baby Collectibles through the company’s Collectors Club.
Crew members can choose between two different income opportunities called the Personal Business or Leadership Business, although some reps choose to do both simultaneously.
With the Personal Business option, Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop representatives earn money by booking and holding workshops where they present products and act as party hosts. In addition to scheduling and conducting workshops, the Leadership Business option will also require representatives to recruit or bring in other members who can also start their own businesses to increase profits.
Leadership Business representatives will receive a portion of their team’s total sales in the form of commission checks, and those percentages will increase as the downline lengthens up to 10% for each team member. This option is best suited for those who plan to expand their business by hiring many new crew members who will then also hire other representatives.
The average gathering through the Noah’s Ark Animal Workshop typically lasts about an hour with an average total of 20 children, and reps have the potential to earn between 35% and 45% in personal sales, depending on the amount. total sold.
Members are required to order company products at wholesale prices and then resell them to their customers at retail prices during Noah’s Ark animal workshops, but they are not required to carry a traditional inventory.
New crew members receive team support from other existing members when conducting their first workshops, as well as having the option of attending company-run conventions and training events.
The starter kit that new representatives must purchase for $ 129 after completing a membership application contains training materials with three CDs that describe how to market and book Stuff-N-Fluff workshops, as well as how to conduct the meetings of the Noah’s Ark animal workshop.
Also included in the starter kit are three unfilled stuffed animals with three outfits, business supplies such as catalogs, reserve postcards, promo postcards, flyers, recruitment brochures, member handbook, four Bella Bee Glitter Glam products and supplies for workshops.